MotoGP Features
In-depth MotoGP features and MotoGP exclusive articles from Crash.
Herve Poncharal on Mandalika 2023: "I felt like a soldier hiding from the front line!"
"The weirdest feeling" - Herve Poncharal’s record run of MotoGP attendance finally came to an end last season. This is how it felt for the Frenchman to stay at home for the first time in almost 40 years.
MotoGP rider line-up: The complete grid for 2024 and beyond
Here is the confirmed MotoGP rider line-up for 2024 and beyond.
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Remember one guy, Valentino Rossi?’ Rider still makes the difference
Tech3 boss Herve Poncharal believes Pedro Acosta’s rookie performances show the rider still makes the difference in MotoGP.
Marquez: Acosta to achieve MotoGP victories ‘this year’, ‘let's see if he can fight for the championship”
Marc Marquez, Jack Miller, Aleix Espargaro and Brad Binder reflect on Pedro Acosta’s Portimao podium, in only his second MotoGP event.
Countdown, slipstream messages to help riders meet MotoGP's tyre pressure rules
Ducati provides its MotoGP riders with a real-time countdown to help them stay above the minimum tyre pressure in 2024 races.
Oliveira: Aleix’s riding style ‘completely different, it's working’
Aleix Espargaro’s old-school riding style has been a perfect match for the latest, aerodynamically advanced, Aprilia RS-GP.
“Really tough”: Fabio Quartararo’s Yamaha ten seconds further from the top
Yamaha starts the 2024 MotoGP season with star rider Fabio Quartararo ten seconds further away from victory compared to last November.
Davide Brivio: Aprilia can be a ‘serious challenger’ to Ducati
Davide Brivio: 'From what I could see, Aprilia has been copied by the others. So that's great!'
Why MotoGP’s future 850cc era won’t repeat mistakes of the past
MotoGP Director of Technology Corrado Cecchinelli: “The key thing is we are looking at both a downsized and downbored [850cc] engine”
Yamaha detail ‘third phase’ of comeback led by game-changing ex-Ducati engineers
Massimo Bartolini has moved from Ducati to Yamaha to take on the new role of ‘Technical Director, MotoGP operations’ for the struggling M1 project.
Yamaha: 19 riders, 3 teams out of contract - MotoGP 2024 “super complex”
Yamaha’s Lin Jarvis: “It's going to be super exciting on the track and super complex off the track.”
Razlan Razali talks “harrowing” RNF exit, next MotoGP move
Razlan Razali details the painful collapse of the CryptoDATA RNF team and reveals his next MotoGP move.
Qatar MotoGP Test long runs: "Amazing pace" by Aleix but “Pecco the man to beat”
Aleix Espargaro: “I did a couple of laps in the ‘51s which is crazy with the medium tyre.”
EXCLUSIVE: Marc Marquez's crew chief Frankie Carchedi: "It's all a case of the first 3-4 races"
Marc Marquez’s crew chief Frankie Carchedi: “As the year goes on, we will improve. It's all a case of the first 3-4 races, how high that starting level is.”
2024 MotoGP tyre pressures: Warning gone - Disqualification, minimum, percentage ‘under discussion’
Exclusive: No warning for tyre pressure infringements in 2024 but disqualification could be replaced by a ‘big’ time penalty. Pressure limit might be lower but required for a higher percentage of race laps.
Pit Beirer: MotoGP aero “getting wild, maybe we shouldn’t wait until 2027 to limit this stuff”
KTM boss suggests MotoGP should not wait until 2027 to clamp down on aerodynamics.
MotoGP’s new Crash Detection System moves a step closer
‘All motorcycles must have the unified MotoGP light… remotely automatically switched on/off by the Organiser’s crash detection/ alarm system’.
Exclusive: Livio Suppo’s key difference between Marc Marquez and Casey Stoner
Livio Suppo reflects on life alongside multiple MotoGP champions Casey Stoner and Marc Marquez, plus the Spaniard’s shock switch from Honda to Gresini Ducati for 2024.
Miguel Oliveira: “I want to pay back Aprilia, start doing what they hired me to do”
‘I want to pay back the trust Aprilia have given me and actually start doing the things which they hired me to do’ - Miguel Oliveira.
Fabio di Giannantonio: Valentino Rossi as my boss? “A super help. The GOAT can look over my shoulder...”
New VR46 Ducati rider Fabio di Giannantonio confident 'we’ll be ready to fight in Qatar'.
Marco Bezzecchi: The title? “After Malaysia I will think about a target”
Marco Bezzecchi warns ‘last year was fantastic, but every year is different’ as VR46 unveil new 2024 Pertamina MotoGP colours.
Exclusive: Livio Suppo: Honda didn’t listen to Dani Pedrosa, Cal Crutchlow warnings - ‘they were just focused on Marc Marquez winning’
Honda’s MotoGP problems began several years before Marc Marquez’s 2020 arm injuries, according to former team manager Livio Suppo.
New WorldSBK combined weight a precursor for MotoGP?
WorldSBK’s move to a combined rider and bike minimum weight for 2024 leaves the premier MotoGP class isolated.
Marc Marquez: ‘Controversy good for MotoGP’, Aleix Espargaro: ‘Everybody is perfect on social media’
The 2023 MotoGP World Championship wasn’t without its moments of controversy, particularly in the closing stages of an intense eight GPs in ten weeks that completed the season.